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Published: May 20, 2007
The Hindustan
Times
is a leading newspaper in India. It is the market leader for English papers in North India. It has its roots in the independence movement of the first half of the twentieth century. It was edited at times by many important people in India, including Devdas Gandhi (the son of Mahatma Gandhi) and Khushwant Singh. Hindustan Times (or
HT
as it is popularly known as) was founded in 1924 by Master Sunder Singh Lyallpuri, founder-father of the Akali Movement and the Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab, with the contributions from USA, Canada and locals mostly from Lyallpur District Sheikhupura (now in Pakistan). S Mangal Singh Gill (Tesildar) and S. Chanchal Singh (Jandiala, Jullundur) were made in charge of the newspaper. Pt Madan Moham Malayia and Master TSinghwere among the members of the Managing Committee. The Managing Chairman and Chief Patron was Master Sunder Singh Lyallpuri himself. K. M. Panikkar was its first Editor with Devdas Gandhi (son of Mahatma Gandhi) also on the editor''s panel. The opening ceremony was performed by Mahatma Gandhi on September 15, 1924. The first issue was published from Naya Bazar,
Delhi
(Now: Swami Sharda Nand Marg) and contained writings and articles from C. F. Andrews, St. Nihal Singh, Maulana Mohammad Ali, C. R. Reddy (Dr. Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy) , T. L. Vaswani, Ruchi Ram Sahni, Bernard Haton, Harinder Nath Chattopadhyaya, Dr Kichlu and Rubi Waston etc.
Hindustan Times is the flagship publication of HT
Media
Ltd. It has a nation wide reach in India (barring Southern India), with simultaneous editions from New Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow, Patna and Kolkata. It is also printed from Bhopal, Chandigarh, Jaipur and Ranchi. HT has also launched India''s first youth
daily
HT Next in 2004. The Mumbai edition was launched on 14th July 2005.
Other sister publications of Hindustan Times are Mint (English business daily) Hindustan (Hindi Daily), Nandan (Monthly children''s magazine) and Kadambani (Monthly literary magazine). The media group also owns a radio channel Fever, on FM and organises an annual Luxury Conference which has featured speakers like designer Diane Von Furstenberg, shoemaker Christian Louboutin, Gucci CEO Robert Polet and Cartier MD Patrick Normand.
Defunct products of HT include the entertainment channel Home TV, web portal Go4i and tabloid Evening News.
HT Mumbai Edition HT Mumbai has a daily lifestyle
supplement
(in tabloid format)
called
HT Cafe (32 pages). Six days a week HT Cafe devotes an 8 pager pullout to niche subjects such as travel, health, automobiles, weekend, comics and gizmos. It has its jobs supplement called ''Power Jobs'' on Tuesdays; Education supplement called ''Horizons'' on Wednesdays; High-life and luxury supplement called Splurge and a Real Estates section called ''HT Estates''. The paper also comes with a free magazine on Sundays called Brunch. The Mumbai Edition is looked after by Mohit Ahuja.
HT Delhi Edition HT Delhi has a daily lifestyle supplement called HT City with a special Weekend edition on Fridays called HT City WE. It has its jobs supplement called ''Power Jobs'' on Tuesdays; Education supplement called ''Horizons'' on Wednesdays; Real Estates section called ''HT Estates'' on Saturdays. HT Delhi has a magazine called Brunch every Sunday.
Vir Sanghvi is the Editorial Director, while Chaitanya Kalbag is the Editor of the newspaper. Raju NariSetti (formerly with the Wall Street Journal) is the editor of Mint.
HT has a good track record at the IFRA and has won several awards this year, perhaps the Indian Publication with the most trophies for design and photography.
The Delhi-based English newspaper, Hindustan Times , is part of the KKobhana Bharatiya, granddaughter of GD Birla. It is owned by HT Media, one of India''s top media conglomerates, which other than Hindustan Times is also home to the Hindi daily Hindustan . The KK Birla group at present owns 75.36 per cent stake in HT Media, currently valued at Rs 834 crore.
When Bhartiya joined Hindustan Times in 1986, she was the first woman chief executive of a national newspaper and probably one of the youngest.
The HT Media Ltd. plans to consolidate itself as a vibrant and modern media powerhouse through strategic partnerships, ever-increasing scope of operations and a consumer focused approach.
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